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a collection of haibun and haiku celebrating the life of birds and their spiritual significance in our shared human experience

A collection of poems reflecting on the intimate moments of pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding ... on the bringing forth of new life in America and around the world, the grieving over childbearing losses, and the memory of the mythic births ... and on the joy of babies, mothers, fathers, families and the work of midwives

A collection of poetry about childhood, a blended family, children, friendships with women, relationships with men, and the most important connection of all: the shining one between the poet and her God

a sonnet sequence by poet Jane Beal meditating on the life of birds and the life of the spirit ... beautifully illustrated with 10 black-and-white plates of flying birds by illustrator Barbara Holthuis

A collection of poems about journeying from the midwest to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado--attentive to birds and birth, to love, loss and new life--in awareness of the Presence of the Holy One

This poetry collection celebrates soulmaking, the journey of transformation, by following the path of the butterfly: greening as a caterpillar, cocooning in chrysalis, opening to the world, flying in the air, and sky-dancing-in-sunlight.

Who is the Pearl-poet? How do ideas about his life and interpretations of his poems shape our understanding of his work in late-medieval England-and beyond? In Becoming the Pearl-Poet: Perceptions, Connections, Receptions, readers can explore the world of this extraordinary, fourteenth-century writer. In Part I, "Perceptions, " five scholars give insightful literary analyses of the narrative poems attributed to the poet: Pearl, Cleanness, Pati...

Enter the wondrous world of the Selkie.According to Celtic legend, a selkie is a seal underwater and a woman on land. Sometimes she emerges from the ocean, shedding her white selkie-coat to dance on the sand in moonlight. In the liminal space of the shore, she is vulnerable to capture by a man, and she may become a man's wife and the mother of children. In Song of the Selkie, the Selkie voices her experience of being caught between two worlds:...

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This book enhances understanding of the 14th-century Middle English dream vision poem Pearl, arguing that the poet intended it to be read at four levels of meaning and corresponding genres: literally, an elegy, spiritually, an allegory, morally, a consolation, and anagogically, a revelation. Using medieval and modern genre theo

This collection of 40 psalm-poems includes praises and laments as well as psalms of creation, psalms of ascent, and a black-and-white reproduction of the medieval Psalter Map. A study guide for small groups seeking to relate their poetry reading to scripture and their spiritual lives follows the main text. Enjoy!

The fourteenth-century Middle English poem Pearl is one of the best dream vision poems ever written. This dual-language edition of Pearl provides the original Middle English with a facing-page modern English translation. It also includes a comprehensive introduction, annotations of key words and ideas.

A collection of poems about birth in the U.S., Uganda, and the Philippine Islands -- in homes, hospitals, and birth centers -- addressed to babies from the perspective of the midwife who helped to welcome them into the world

The moving, richly allegorical poem Pearl was written in Middle English by the anonymous author who likely also penned Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Part 1 of this volume introduces instructors to the many resources available for teaching Pearl. The essays in part 2 offer instructors tools for introducing students to critical issues associated with the poem.

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This book enhances understanding of the 14th-century Middle English dream vision poem Pearl, arguing that the poet intended it to be read at four levels of meaning and corresponding genres: literally, an elegy, spiritually, an allegory, morally, a consolation, and anagogically, a revelation. Using medieval and modern genre theory, it visits scholarly debates about Pearl¿s genre and meaning. It also considers folktale genre patterns in Pearl, i...

In Illuminating Moses: A History of Reception, readers discover the roles of Moses from the Exodus to the Renaissance--law-giver, leader, prophet, writer, man of God--and their impact on Jewish and Christian cultures.

In Rising, poet Jane Beal goes in search of America. She sings the Cherokee Creation story, imagining dialogue between Sky-Woman and First Man. She remembers being a child and exchanging her blood with a Cherokee friend, and then, years later, the birth of that friend's son, Usquaniqdi, whose name means "miracle."In her poems, she gives voice to women from American history such as the mother Pocahontas, the midwife Martha Ballard, and the prea...

In Rising, poet Jane Beal goes in search of America. She sings the Cherokee Creation story, imagining dialogue between Sky-Woman and First Man. She remembers being a child and exchanging her blood with a Cherokee friend, and then, years later, the birth of that friend's son, Usquaniqdi, whose name means "miracle." In her poems, she gives voice to women from American history such as the mother Pocahontas, the midwife Martha Ballard, and the ...